ANYBODY BUT CURRENT F.O.P.! VOTE OUT THE CITY WIDE TEAM! VOTE FOR THE INDEPENDENTS!

We are tired of the old BUSINESS AS USUAL with the F.O.P..
Where has our UNION gone?
Where is our F.O.P. when the media continues to blast us in the papers and TV?
Why can't F.O.P. stand up for it's members?
Why can't F.O.P. uphold contractual rights?
Why can't F.O.P. succesfully negotiate a contract?
WE SAY F.O.P. REPRESENTATION IS PITIFULL AT BEST!!! VOTE FOR ANYONE (NOT) ASOCIATED WITH F.O.P. IN THE UPCOMING ELECTION! MARCH 2008.

Tuesday, March 11, 2008

Remember to check your brand spanking NEW plastic FOP book cover. See who you can VOTE OUT OF OFFICE!My impromptu poll of voters states that they have voted for NO platform and hodge podged the vote, splitting it up.Heard alot of retirees voted and will have substantial representation on the board.Also heard patrol basically voted for guys in districts.

Friday, February 15, 2008

We live in interesting times. Police Dept. changes, City Politics, and a National election for President. Very interesting times!I would love to have been a fly on the wall down at headquarters for the last couple of weeks.I guess it's wait and see what happens next. I noticed today alot of happy smiling faces at work after the changes were made. Mostly lotsa laughing and chuckling now that old patronage bosses are starting to be moved out.We can only wonder who is next for the chopping block or for promotion?Honestly officers, does it really affect us? The rank and file. The bottom of the barrel in patrol division, the front line that defends the basic principles of law and human decency in an EVIL society where respect for life has diminished enormously. I say NO, it does not affect our basic job function: Serve and Protect. Wear your uniform proudly, do what you have always done, fight evil, catch a bad guy, help someone. Keep up the good, honest work Patrol division. We do make a difference!

Thursday, February 14, 2008

The "City Wide Team", F.O.P. incumbents has put up their own personal web site, see the link CLICK ON THE PURPLE LETTERS "THE CITY WIDE TEAM" WEB SITE ABOVE. The F.O.P. Web Site seemed to suit them fine for the last 2 administrations. Why put up a new one? Check out what they are taking credit for. See if you think they REALLY deserve credit for their accomplishments.

May `02Pledges to run the Lodge like a business and established written policies and procedures.REALITY: Pledged, not done! A business throws out members that are a threat to them? A business excludes retiree's that don't pay their dues? Business' get sued by past employee's and members of the business? GREAT JOB!!! RUN LODGE LIKE A BUSINESS!!!

January `03Improved web site to include Disability and Retiree pagesREALITY: BIG DEAL, It's a web site!

April `03Lodge forces City to submit bids for contracting of Dead Body removalREALITY: 3 SEPERATE F.O.P. ADMINISTRATIONS WORKED ON THIS, IT FINALLY CAME TO A CONCLUSION.

July `04H.R. 218 signed into law by President Bush who personally thanked us for our efforts.REALITY: CHICAGO LODGE TAKES CREDIT FOR NATIONAL LEGISLATION THAT HAS BEEN IN THE WORKS FOR OVER 10 YEARS!

December `04City enforces need for signed affidavit when citizens complain on the PoliceREALITY: LODGE TAKES CREDIT FOR CITY ENFORCEMENT OF STATE LAW!

February `05Lodge 7 is first to acquire new contract over all 42 City Unions.REALITY: LODGE INABILITY TO NEGOTIATE A CONTRACT FORCES THEM INTO FIRST ARBITRATION SO THEY CAN SAY THEY WERE FIRST. ARBITRATION AWARD CAME DURING THE FINAL WEEK OF LAST ELECTION AND SWAYED THE MEMBERSHIP TO AGAIN VOTE FOR A UNION THAT CAN'T NEGOTIATE AND LEAVES IMPORTANT DECISIONS LIKE OUR CONTRACT TO AN ARBITRATOR.ARBITRATION AND NOT NEGOTIATION WILL BE THE FUTURE YOU HAVE TO LOOK FORWARD TO!

These are some of the REALITIES of the "City Wide Teams" leadership.F.O.P. and "The City Wide Team" SHOULD not take credit for doing their job!!!1. Filing Grievances to protect officers rights2. Standing up for our contractual rights3. Taking credit for an arbitrator deciding what he must, when he must4. National legislation F.O.P. #7 had very little input in.5. Establishing committee's made up of "City wide team" members6. Improving a WEB site7. Enforcement of State Laws

Here are more REALITIES:1. "City Wide team" visits districts during election year, ONLY!2. F.O.P. gets sued by employee and members, pays out in excess of $500 K With members lawsuit still pending conclusion.3. F.O.P. expels members who ran against them in last election.4. F.O.P. expels retiree's who forgot to pay $20.00 dues. So retiree's can't vote.5. F.O.P. routinely ignore Roberts Rules of Order at general meetings.6. F.O.P. refuses to follow it's own Rules & Reg's, Constitution, By-laws and past practice when formal charges are placed by members in good standing against President Mark Donahue. 7. F.O.P. administration is out of touch with it's membership as evidenced by the fact that under 100 members are eligible to run in the up-coming election!

Thursday, February 7, 2008

This linked article above just goes to show how bad pension funds are here in Illinois and across the nation. What has our F.O.P. done except forgive 23 million in debt owed to our pension fund by the city. NOTHING!!! EXCEPT ELECT STEVE ROBBINS F.O.P. CANDIDATE TO THE PENSION BOARD TO REPRESENT F.O.P. ISSUES, NOT PATROLMENS!

Thursday, January 31, 2008

We have heard that a hearing was scheduled for 31 January 2008, first at 0900 hrs., and then, rescheduled for 1300 hrs., to hear the pending charges against President Donahue - which relate to the fact that he drove the F.O.P. into spending hundreds of thousands of dollars on a case that should never have even happened. This case is a matter of public record and you can get as much information on this case, as you want. The court docket number is: 05-CV-7179 or 05-C7179, in the U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division.

But, why, was this trial panel scheduled in violation of the Constitution of the F.O.P. Lodge No. 7 and the Grand Lodge? The Constitution specifies that NO LESS than 30 days shall pass between the presentation of the charges and the trial panel hearing. Why no less than 30 days, you ask? So that everyone has an opportunity to prepare properly. There is NO provision for a waiving of the 30 day provision by either party. There is a provision for requests for reasonable continuances. Is it true that charges have been brought against the members of the trial panel - Secretary Davis & 3rd Vice President Bella -who are participating in this "train wreck"?.

Remember these are the same CityWide Team members who were so very, very quick to pronounce Past President Nolan and others affiliated with him as being arrogant!!! We submit to you that maybe two terms is more than adequate for our F.O.P. officers!!!! These people do not deserve to remain in office!

Wednesday, January 23, 2008

Is it true that the F.O.P. and President Donahue are in the mess that they are now faced with because they relied on the LEGAL advice of one of the trustees who just happened to be a SERGEANT & who apparently went to law school!?! Shouldn't that be reason enough to sit up and take notice of why we don't want to have SERGEANTS sitting on our Board of Directors?

Didn't that trustee fight the amendment to the F.O.P. Constitution which would have brought an end to the practice of SERGEANTS remaining in any office of the F.O.P. after their promotion? Could it have been that this SERGEANT/Legal Eagle was so inept that he couldn't make his attorney stuff into any part time job and that he had to continue to receive the monthly stipend from the F.O.P.?

This SERGEANT/Legal Eagle may have cost YOUR Lodge hundreds of thousands of dollars with his stupid advice. We won't even talk about the F.O.P. officers that went along with this stupid advice and who have now potentially caused our Lodge the loss of hundred of thousands of dollars!

Isn't that the same SERGEANT/Legal Eagle/Trustee who LED the charge to expel two members of the Lodge who had dared to speak out against the F.O.P. leadership in the 2005 election? No wonder only 69 candidates filed to run in this election. Why would you want to take the chance of being expelled and then have to fight for fair share benefits???

ON THE LAST SENTENCE ABOUT FAIR SHARE BENEFITS, LET IT BE KNOWN THAT THE EXPELLED OFFICERS STILL ARE REQUIRED TO PAY HALF THEIR DUES AND ARE SUPPOSEDLY COVERED BY F.O.P. LEGAL DEFENSE FUND. BUT, ONE OF THE OFFICERS HAD A CR # AND REQUESTED COUNSEL FROM THE F.O.P. AND WAS DENIED COUNSEL! GUESS WHAT? ANOTHER COMPLAINT AGAINST F.O.P. WITH THE EEOC, LABOR BOARD AND ANOTHER POTENTIAL LAWSUIT FOR NOT LIVING UP TO THEIR OBLIGATIONS TO FAIRLY AND IMPARTIALLY REPRESENT ALL MEMBERS! THANKS F.O.P.